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Government hires ‘private sector experts’ to squeeze value from suppliers
Six new business leaders have been appointed to work alongside government departments read more »
Government sells 51% stake in ITIL and PRINCE2 to Capita
The government expects to earn £500 million over ten years from the deal read more »
EU parliament committee votes against air passenger data sharing bill
Proposal to share airline passenger records between EU countries splits politicians read more »
Wall Street pushes for exemptions in state social-media monitoring laws
Brokers and traders need to be able to keep tabs on non-personal social media chatter by their employees, FINRA says read more »
Florida poised to become first state with anti-drone law
Bill would require state police to obtain warrants for drone use in most situations read more »
Atos heads up £25m networking contract with Ministry of Defence
Vega, Finmeccanica and ISG join consortium read more »
HM Land Registry saves money with Oracle SPARC servers
Virtualisation has allowed the organisation to do more with less read more »
Citizens use mobiles for a quarter of visits to council websites
The data shows that reasons for visiting websites differ for users on the move read more »
TalkTalk fined £750,000 for outsourced silent and abandoned marketing calls
The fine comes after an investigation as part of Ofcom’s monitoring and enforcement programme read more »
European digital rights groups demand net neutrality protection
European Commission must act say campaigners read more »
Gov.uk website wins Design of the Year 2013 prize
Nice accolade for public sector's online makeover read more »
NAO: Government’s £20bn efficiency and reform savings target is ‘ambitious’
The Efficiency and Reform Group needs to detail where the savings will come from read more »
Senate's big immigration bill seeks to crackdown on offshore outsourcing
Sens. Grassley and Durbin's long-sought 50/50 rule makes in into comprehensive bill read more »
Queen’s University Belfast signs Infosys to test cyber security IP
The government-backed centre of excellence is concerned about the ‘commercialisation of research’ read more »
Senate immigration bill may push back on globalization
Sources say legislation may tighten the ability of large IT services firms to use H-1B visas read more »
Government reveals board members expected to drive open standards
At the end of last year all government departments were ordered to comply with open standards read more »
West Herts NHS Trust tenders £50m ICT contract
The ICT infrastructure improvement programme contract will support the work of almost 4,000 staff read more »
Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul copyright enforcement law
ISPs could be forced to filter content, warns an electronic-communications industry group read more »
UK investigates unfair trade in children's game apps
Children shouldn't be pressured to make in-game purchases, the OFT said read more »
MoD needs new air movements software with “extreme urgency”
It needs the air movements software to avoid a critical capability gap read more »
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Google engineer bashes Microsoft's handling of security researchers, discloses Windows zero-day
Microsoft confirms probe of vulnerability hackers could use to gain additional privileges on targeted PCs read more »
HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales decline
HP's results were down from last year but it still managed to make a bigger profit than expected read more »
Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
The fund, called Google Capital, could mean Google plans some larger investments read more »
Study ranks US least riskiest place to open data centre
UK, Germany and Sweden follow as the least riskiest places to establish data centers, according to a survey released this week read more »
CIOs need to rethink their roles, MIT symposium panelists say
'You have to be the customer," says one panelist, urging CIOs to 'really appreciate what the other side needs' read more »
IP theft commission: US needs to take strong action
A new report says China is responsible for more than half of the $300 billion in IP theft from the US each year read more »
Windows 8.1 laptops with AMD's new chips to support wireless display
AMD introduces faster and more power-efficient A4, A6, A8 and A10 chips for laptops read more »
HP's Envy Rove 20-inch 'tablet' tackles Windows 8 desktop PC woes
HP's Envy Rove all-in-one has an integrated battery and the look and feel of a supersized 20-inch tablet read more »
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Clinicians will be able to store, access and exchange patient information in the cloud
Apple defends offshore decisions that result in low taxes
The company pays every tax dollar it owes, Tim Cook tells senators during a hearing
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